Age is no barrier as Ideal Schools helps 63-year-old Lincoln man to set up his own business

Terry Ramm, 63 sets up his own practice in Lincoln - TLR Bookkeeping Tnd taxation becomes a student of an Ideal Schools in Lincoln.

A Lincoln man has set up his own business after becoming one of the oldest students at a specialist UK-wide e-learning college which concentrates exclusively on bookkeeping and accounting.

Terry Ramm, 63, joined 2000 other students – many of them several decades younger – at long-established online college Ideal Schools, in order to gain the qualifications necessary for him to launch a second career.

After less than a year, the former company director has now set up his own practice in Lincoln -TLR Bookkeeping and Taxation – a full 12 months ahead of schedule, and already has an impressive portfolio of clients.

Mr Ramm said:

I wasn’t ready to retire and I didn’t fancy stacking shelves at the supermarket, so setting up my own business was the way forward for me. I gained an Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) qualification and that opened all the right doors.

The enterprising businessman spent the past 17 years in Canada before retiring to return to Britain. He wanted an intellectual challenge, and was familiar with the world of bookkeeping from his former career.

He started with Ideal Schools in October 2015, and has now passed ICB levels 2, 3, and 4, all with distinction, and completed the Self-Assessment module.

He said:

Business is all about confidence and the course I signed up for gave me all the tools I needed to open my new practice ahead of schedule. I hope to provide companies, organisations and individuals in Lincoln with an outstanding service.